Offers to treat biological threats : what you need to know / produced in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

United States. Food and Drug Administration

United States. Federal Trade Commission. Office of Consumer and Business Education

Series:

FTC consumer alert

FTC consumer alert!

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antibiotics--Marketing.

Antibiotics.

Biological decontamination--Economic aspects.

Biological decontamination.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Office of Consumer and Business Education, [2001]

Summary:

The Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP) of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) offers the October 2001 consumer alert entitled "Offers to Treat Biological Threats: What You Need to Know." The text is available in PDF format. The FTC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provide advice about offers for treatments to combat the effects of biological weapons, such as anthrax. They suggest talking with health care professionals and not buying prescription drugs from unknown sources.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on February 6, 2003).

Other Format:

Offers to treat biological threats

OCLC:

49058153